Definition of hyperbole
- deliberate exaggeration for effect
Usage examples of hyperbole
Her complaint that she had waited “forever” was hyperbole, since the delay was only twenty minutes.
Saying “this backpack weighs a ton” is hyperbole; it means the bag feels very heavy, not that it literally weighs 2,000 pounds.
The advertisement used hyperbole when it called the phone case “indestructible.”